The House Foreign Affairs Committee has new leadership and several new
members in the 113th Congress. Rep. Edward Royce (R-CA) becomes Chairman
of the Committee, succeeding Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), who was
term-limited. After he was tapped to Chair the Committee, Royce said:
"We are only as strong abroad as we are at home. The Committee will
focus on expanding economic opportunities for Americans overseas. That
includes reforming our too bureaucratic export control system." On the
Democratic side, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) becomes the Committee's Ranking
Member, succeeding former Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA). The Committee has
24 members, including 14 Republicans and 10 Democrats. A full list of
members on the Committee can be found here. For more information, please
contact the Christopher Wenk (cwenk@uschamber.com).